Protestors sprayed by ICE agent during clash outside Broadview facility

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent sprayed what appeared to be a chemical agent during a clash with protesters outside the Broadview facility on Saturday.

Video from outside the ICE facility around 2:30 p.m. shows ICE agents pushing back a group of protesters from the facility before the spray was deployed. It is unclear what the agent used.

Agents were then seen walking backwards toward the fenced-in parking lot — some of them wearing masks.

Village of Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby said 10 protesters were maced and were treated by Broadview Fire EMS. Two of those protesters were taken to Loyola Hospital. The others refused transport.

According to some of the protesters, they were "staging" in the middle of the street and blocking ICE agents from entering and exiting the property, which led to confrontation with the ICE agents. 

Ormsby noted that neither of the sprayed protesters was a Broadview resident.

The Department of Homeland Security says the protesters were blocking the exit gate and impeding their operations. They added in part, "Officers relied on their training to gain control of the situation."